https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/stamford-ct-money-laundering-drugs-delroy-anderson-19551955.php

BRIDGEPORT — A former Stamford man pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge stemming from his large-scale trafficking of marijuana, federal officials said.

In a news release, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut's office said Delroy Anderson, a 57-year-old also known as Max, plead guilty on Monday to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.

The U.S. Attorney's office said Anderson conspired with others for about five years to launder proceeds from a marijuana trafficking operation by paying for marijuana cultivation, package shipping, electricity and air travel expenses with the proceeds. It said he also deposited the drug trafficking proceeds into multiple bank accounts opened in the name of Maximillion Enterprises Inc.

Anderson structured deposits to evade reporting requirements under federal law, the U.S. Attorney's office said. Between 2015 and 2019, it said, Anderson operated marijuana cultivation farms in Santa Rosa, California, and Willits, California, and he employed others to grow, harvest, package and ship the marijuana for distribution in Connecticut, Virginia, New York and elsewhere.

In February 2020, the U.S. Attorney's office said, Anderson and his co-conspirators, Kelvin Jackson and Stephanie Atkinson, were charged by indictment with various money laundering offenses. On Feb. 18, 2022, Anderson, who had been released on bond pending trial, was scheduled to appear before Judge Kari Dooley in federal court in Bridgeport for a guilty plea proceeding, but failed to appear in court and stopped contacting his attorney and the U.S. Probation Office, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

The U.S. Attorney's office said Anderson was located and arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in Dallas on Nov. 8, 2023. He has been detained since then, it said.

Anderson faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, the U.S. Attorney's office said, adding that he also agreed to forfeit his interest in multiple bank accounts associated with the charged conspiracy. It said his sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 16.

The U.S. Attorney's office said Jackson, who is from Bristol, Virginia, and Atkinson, who is also from Stamford, previously pleaded guilty to the same charge and await sentencing.